A/N: I don't own My Candy Love or any of the characters except for Chelsea, my OC.
A/N: This chapter is a bit short, I must say. But this is mostly for backstories and character development. I hope you enjoy my first story!
Chapter 1. The Boy Next Door
Chelsea's POV
"Can you get my phone, dear? I think it's in my suitcase." My mom said from the front seat. I sighed and climbed into the back to retrieve it.
"Which one is yours?" I asked.
"The big purple one." She answered and started fixing her hair... again. My dad's eyes were on the road.
I found the suitcase, and soon found the phone. "Found it, m-" My voice was cut off by the sound of colliding metal. I looked up to the front of our car to see it totaled. One side was pushed up against a tree and the other was crushed by a blue mini-van. I couldn't even see my parents... But I could see a part of the bottom half of the passenger seat where my mom sat sticking out from the mass of wrinkled and crunched metal of what used to be our car.
I screamed and sat up, my body soaked in sweat, my face sticky with tears. I started to cry, just like I have done for the last few weeks. When... when will I get over this?
Never, a small voice in my head sighed. I agreed with it. How could I get over losing everything I cared about? My family? My memories? This same argument came up every morning.
"CHELSEA!" my aunt burst into my room. "Another one?" She asked, and I nodded. She ran over and hugged me, cradling my head as if it was a delicate flower. I sobbed into her arms for a while. "Shh," she said over and over until finally I had the strength to get up. "Go take a shower, I'll have breakfast ready soon,"
She left the room, her fairy outfit sparkling in the early light that streamed through my window. I got up and choked back another sob before grabbing some clothes and heading to the bathroom.
I felt better after the shower, my head was cleared and my vision wasn't blurred. I ate breakfast without saying a word. After I finished, I told my aunt I was going to go outside for a while.
"Ok, honey. The park is two blocks from here. That'd be a nice place to unwind. How about you go there?" She asked with a kind smile on her face.
I sighed then looked out the window. It was a beautiful spring day, with new grass on the lawns, flowers blooming in gardens, and sunshine beaming down on it all. "I-I'll think about it..." I say tiredly and put on some tennis shoes.
Once out the door, I sit on a bench on the lawn and just gaze at the beauty of what's around me. It reminds me of how pretty our house used to be.. Flowers blooming... People smiling... A tear slipped down my cheek as I watched a bird fly off to gather materials for its nest.
After a few minutes of watching the world, a voice shakes my thoughts. "You new around here?"
I gasped and turned around to see a boy leaning on the fence that separated our houses, if he lived in that house. The teenager had bright red hair and a mischievous smirk. I could tell what kind of person he was just by looking at him, not that I'm one to judge a book by its cover.
I wiped the tear off my face and said with a rough tone, "Why should you care?"
"Cuz I'm your new neighbor?"
Ugh. I mentally facepalmed myself before answering. He WAS a neighbor. "Does that give you right to scare me while I was busy?"
"Sure it does." He answered with a small smile.
I narrowed my eyes. "Go away, Cherry Head."
He laughed, "Cherry Head, huh shorty? That's the best you got?" After I didn't answer for a while, he changed the subject. "So what was that scream about then?"
With that, I got up and ran. I was done with talking to some stupid rebel neighbor. I didn't look back at Cherry Head. I just ran until I found the park. When I got there, I slid halfway into a tunnel slide and stopped myself from going any further with my feet. Tears started to spill out of my eyes. I didn't sob, I just sat there in the slide and silently cried.
I heard footsteps and panting. Cherry Head, I thought as I heard a curse. "Jesus that girl can run," I heard him mutter under his breath.
"You here?" He called. Oh yeah, he didn't know my name. I didn't answer him, just stayed in the tunnel slide with tears sliding down my face. "I KNOW you're here, Chelsea. Your aunt told me to come get you."
I banged my head in annoyance. Of COURSE, she did! I guess the noise was a bit too loud, as I could hear Cherry Head walking towards the slide.
"Chelsea, come out." He told me quietly. I sighed, wiped my eyes, and slid down the rest of the slide. Cherry Head was there waiting for me at the bottom. I moved away from him and wiped my eyes again as more tears came to the surface.
He took my arm and led me to a bench. I sat down on the edge. He sat down next to me, looked at me for a second, then sighed and said, "What is it?"
"Go away," I growled and started to get up.
He grabbed me by the shoulders and turned me to face him. "No. And the name's Castiel, not Cherry Head, for your information."
I wrenched his hands off of me and got up. "Don't touch me or talk to me. I want to be alone. So shut up and go away!" I seethed and ran out of the park gates, my destination was anywhere far away.
Hehe, I was trying to make Cassie seem a bit... let's say, "sweeter" than normal. Please R&R! I greatly appreciate constructive criticism.
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